1. Anmol has an average
of 56% on her first 7 examination. How much should she make on her eighth
examination to obtain an average of 60% on 8 examinations?

1)
88%

2)
78%

3)
98%

4)
Cannot be determined

5)
None of these.

2. If the length of a rice field is increased by
20% and the breadth is reduced by 20%, the area of the field will be 192 sq. m.
What is the area of the original field?

(a)
184 sq. m.

(b)
196 sq. m.

(c)
200 sq. m.

(d)
225 sq. m.

(e)
None of these

3. Two trains 160 meters and 100 meters long are
running towards each other on parallel lines at 50 kmph and 30 kmph
respectively. In what time will they clear off each other from the moment they
meet?

I.
Study the following networking carefully to answer the given questions (1-5)

Seven friends A, B, C, D, E, F
and G appear for IIT exam on different dates in April viz 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th,
19th, 25th and 26th but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them belongs
to different cities viz Patna, Kota, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Ranchi, Raipur and
Pune but not necessarily in the same order.

The one who belongs to Patna
appears in the exam on 25th April. G belongs to Kota and appears in the exam on
12th April. B appears in the exam immediately before E. B does not appear in
the exam on a day after G. The one who belongs to Pune does not appear in the
exam on or before 19th April. The one who belongs to Jaipur appears in the exam
immediately after C. C does not belong to Raipur and Chandigarh. The one who
belongs to Jaipur does not appear in the exam immediately before or after G. F
does not appear in the exam on 26th April nor does he belong to Jaipur. D
appears in the exam on a day before A.

Directions
(1-5): Study the following networking carefully to answer these questions.

A group of people has six family
members and a lawyer. These are Zeenia, Yuhan, Akira, Jashn, Mandy, Jass and Manu
and having different professions. Each one of them is a Teacher, House wife, Lawyer,
Industrialist, Interior designer, Pharmacist and Actor but not necessarily in
this order. There are three males and three females in the family out of which
there are two married couples. Yuhan is an industrialist and is the father of Mandy.
Jass is a pharmacist and grandfather of Mandy who is a male. Akira is a
housewife and is daughter-in-law of Jashn. Zeenia is neither an actor nor a teacher.
Manu is an lawyer. Akira is not the mother of Mandy and Yuhan is married but
not to Jashn. No lady is a teacher.

1. Which of the
following groups represents the three ladies in the group?

With the help of Chanakya,
known as Kautilya or Vishnugupta, he overthrew the Nandas &
established the rule of the Maurya dynasty.

He belonged to Moora tribe as his mother was a Moora

Chandragupta was called
Sandrocottus by the Greek scholars.

·Seleucus Necater, one
of the generals of Alexander death, had succeeded in gaining control of most of
the Asia after death of Alexander. Chandragupta defeated him in 305 BC and according to the treaty
that followed the battle, Chandragupta married Halena who was daughter of
Selucus and got the control of Hairat, Kandhar and Kabul.

·Built a vast empire,
which included not only good portions of Bihar and Bengal, but also western and
north western India and the Deccan.

The accounts were given by
Megasthenes (A Greek ambassador sent by Seleucus to the court of
Chandragupta Maurya) in his book Indica and from the Arthashastra of
Kautilya.

Chandragupta adopted Jainism
and went to Sravanabelagola (near Mysore) with Bhadrabahu, where he died
by slow starvation.

i. The Defence Acquisition Council
has cleared proposals worth 1,900 crore rupees under ‘Buy India’ by
Indian contractors.

ii. Defence Acquisition Council is an apex body of Union Defence
Ministry for clearing defence procurement proposals forwarded by the Indian
Army, Navy and Air Force.

2. INDIAN ARMY CARRIES OUT SURGICAL STRIKES ON TERROR LAUNCH
PADS ACROSS LOC

i.Indian Army has successfully conducted surgical strikes on
terror launch pads across the Line of Control in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir .

ii. The surgical strikes were India’s first direct military
response to attack on Uri army base by Pakistan-based militants that had killed
18 Indian soldiers.

iii. The motive of the operation was to hit out at the terrorists
who were planning to infiltrate into the Indian territory.

iv.Surgical strike is a military attack which is intended to only
damage to the intended legitimate military target and no or minimal collateral
damage to surrounding structures, general public infrastructure, vehicles,
buildings and utilities.

ii.It was declared best under the category for State Annual
Excellence Awards for the year 2015-16 by Andhra Pradesh Tourism.

iii.The award was presented on the eve of World Tourism Day by the
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Nara Chandra Babu Naidu at Bhawani Islands,
Vijayawada.

4. INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATION DAY OBSERVED ON 30 SEP

i. The International Translation Day observed on 30 September across the world.

ii.The theme of the day is Translation and Interpreting:
Connecting Worlds.

5. TRILATERAL MEET BETWEEN INDIA, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN TO TAKE
CHABAHAR AGREEMENT FURTHER

i.A Trilateral meeting was recently held between India,
Afghanistan and Iran to take Chabahar agreement further.

ii.It is located on the Makran coast, Chabahar in southeastern
Iran.

6. PROJECT SAKSHAM LAUNCHED

i.Project Saksham, a new indirect tax network of the Central Board
of Excise and Customs has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs .

ii.The total cost of the project is estimated to be Rs 2256 crore,
which will be incurred over a period of seven years.

iii.Under the project the CBEC’s existing IT systems will be
integrated with the GST Network.

iv.This is required for processing of registration, payment and
returns data sent by GSTN systems to CBEC, as well as act as a front-end for
other modules such as audit, appeals, investigation.

v.It will also help in implementation of GST extension of the
Indian Customs Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade and other
taxpayer-friendly initiatives under Digital India and ease of doing business.